President Moon, NSC Amid Ukraine Crisis... Blue House "Focus on Supply Chain Instability Response"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the morning of the 3rd, President Moon Jae-in held an expanded National Security Council (NSC) meeting with related ministers at the Blue House to review the security posture concerning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Blue House, the meeting was held under the title "2021?2030 Security Threat Outlook Report," and major issues included overcoming global supply chain instability, which has emerged as an international challenge amid the current Ukraine situation. Ministers responsible for diplomacy and security, along with Blue House aides, gathered to proactively examine security threats over the next decade and seek countermeasures.

Common concerns among countries due to the recent Ukraine crisis were also discussed. The meeting reported the need to strengthen international cooperation to restore global democracy resilience. In particular, in the economic sector, key challenges raised included carbon regulations and energy transition, supply chain instability, and vulnerabilities in domestic critical energy infrastructure facilities.

To overcome these, it was mentioned that energy transition based on energy security should be pursued more stably, preparations should be made against exclusive policies of allies and competitors, and efforts should be made to secure stable supply of overseas minerals. The decline in domestic food self-sufficiency was also identified as a major challenge, and tasks discussed included expanding a stable self-sufficiency base, strengthening crisis response capabilities in the international grain market, and diversifying overseas grain import sources.

In the political domain, the following challenges were diagnosed to emerge first: ▲ intensification of system and value competition between democracy and authoritarianism ▲ strengthening of populism and regression of democracy ▲ expansion of linkage movements among values, technology, supply chains, exports, and investment controls.

The National Security Office also judged that security threats are increasing in new technology fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the space industry. Under this judgment, it announced that it will release a report this month addressing national security strategic tasks including ▲ early warning and discovery of emerging core technologies ▲ promotion of research and development of emerging core technologies ▲ protection of technology and personnel ▲ seeking international cooperation related to emerging core technologies.

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